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reid was sitting on the couch next to mitch mcconnell and the house speaker said to harry reid, go blank yourself, and the blank starts with an "f." and reid laughed it off and did not take it seriously. a republican that was there said that was not what happened and the exchange continued and it didn't get better for reid. what is interesting is not only did this happen, both men appeared to be eager to share the story with their colleagues. reid shared it with his democratic caucus in a meeting and the same for the house speaker, he told some of his colleagues as well. i just bumped into a lawmaker saying the speaker was relaying the incident, and it's not the first time the blank word has been used in the halls of the white house and congress, and it shows the fact that we are at january 2nd, and congress really has not gone home. >> what kind of relationship, dana, has these two men had, the speaker of the house and senate majority leader over the years? >> reporter: at times it was productive, a year and a half ago the first real showdown we had when boehner became speaker was about
reid was sitting on the couch next to mitch mcconnell and the house speaker said to harry reid, go blank yourself, and the blank starts with an "f." and reid laughed it off and did not take it seriously. a republican that was there said that was not what happened and the exchange continued and it didn't get better for reid. what is interesting is not only did this happen, both men appeared to be eager to share the story with their colleagues. reid shared it with his democratic caucus...
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we've heard harry reid say several times today, we know what this is about. boehner is gone because he's waiting until he he gets re-elected as speaker on the 3rd. but truth tell both of those for me. are those justifiable concerns on either side? >> reporter: yes, they are actually justifiable political concerns on both sides. approximate both of those men are truth telling to a certain extent. not so much about boehner wanting to be re-elected but as we talked about before, the fact that after december 31st, what happens is everybody's taxes go up so house republicans when they take a vote -- if they take a vote after january 1st, that vote will be to cut taxes which is a very different political vote than voting to effectively raise taxes. so the -- harry reid is right about that when it comes to house republicans. and republicans are right that the president doesn't really think that he's going to get much political fault and damage if we go off the fiscal cliff because all the polls show a majority of americans will probably blame republicans for not pas
we've heard harry reid say several times today, we know what this is about. boehner is gone because he's waiting until he he gets re-elected as speaker on the 3rd. but truth tell both of those for me. are those justifiable concerns on either side? >> reporter: yes, they are actually justifiable political concerns on both sides. approximate both of those men are truth telling to a certain extent. not so much about boehner wanting to be re-elected but as we talked about before, the fact...
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that was harry reid. you just saw -- what the two of them said was what we had learned from others about the meeting that is in the next 24 hours we may learn if there's going to be a deal and whether this will bleed into 2013. it's up to senator reid and mcconnell say, it's going to be something i can sell to my caucus and it's going to be something that he can sell to his and senator reid said, look, it's not going to be perfect. that much we knew already. 24 hours, those two men trying to come up with something that will not just pass their caucuses but passed by enough in the house to avoid this fiscal cliff. so we will keep you abreast of that again. we'll hear from the president at 5:45 eastern time. that's in about 15 -- 25 minutes. >>> despite what you might think, congress is getting some work done. today senate sent president obama a bill that reauthorizes eavesdropping on communications in search of possible terrorists. in doing so, lawmakers brushed away concerns about violating privacy. >> th
that was harry reid. you just saw -- what the two of them said was what we had learned from others about the meeting that is in the next 24 hours we may learn if there's going to be a deal and whether this will bleed into 2013. it's up to senator reid and mcconnell say, it's going to be something i can sell to my caucus and it's going to be something that he can sell to his and senator reid said, look, it's not going to be perfect. that much we knew already. 24 hours, those two men trying to...
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harry reid is there. let's hope that they get there and for the sake of the country for the sake of our stability of our fiscal well, they get together on a plan that works. nobody will get 100% of what they want. hopefully somebody -- we get enough of what we want to keep the wheels turning. >> ana, do you think speaker boehner's leadership is suffering while this crisis continues? >> you know, i think a little bit of both to be honest with you. certainly he tried to get something from his caucus last week. that didn't work. that was not a strong moment for him. it was a moment of weakness. but at the same time, i think he looks like he's really trying. and it also paints the picture and makes it obvious that, you know, he's not just negotiating with president obama. he also has to then come back and sell to his own people, sell to his own caucus, which at points may be even more difficult than negotiating with the white house. so it tells us all just how complex a situation we are dealing with. >> now,
harry reid is there. let's hope that they get there and for the sake of the country for the sake of our stability of our fiscal well, they get together on a plan that works. nobody will get 100% of what they want. hopefully somebody -- we get enough of what we want to keep the wheels turning. >> ana, do you think speaker boehner's leadership is suffering while this crisis continues? >> you know, i think a little bit of both to be honest with you. certainly he tried to get something...
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the white house is in constant contact with the democratic leader harry reid. and they're working towards some kind of an agreement. but the white house has all along had -- during these past few days, been somewhat hopeful that they could reach some kind of agreement in the senate. all along, they have been far less optimistic that there would be an agreement that can get through the house. only because from the white house's perspective, from democrats' perspective broadly, they've been let down time and again by speaker boehner. they've never been able to reach a deal with speaker boehner. and now with this news that the house is going to be breaking for the evening, it does look like that might happen again. now, there's one reason, wolf, why they are filling this package with measures that could appeal to democrats, not just, as you mentioned, increasing, letting taxes for the highest income earners go to clinton rates. also extending unemployment benefits. but also it includes tuition credits and tax credits for kids because these are designed to woo demo
the white house is in constant contact with the democratic leader harry reid. and they're working towards some kind of an agreement. but the white house has all along had -- during these past few days, been somewhat hopeful that they could reach some kind of agreement in the senate. all along, they have been far less optimistic that there would be an agreement that can get through the house. only because from the white house's perspective, from democrats' perspective broadly, they've been let...
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harry reid, the senate majority leader, just adjourned until noon tomorrow. so nothing would happen until noon tomorrow. but the senate, the democratic sources are saying that -- and they are being very quiet. they are not answering our obvious question, which is, what would you do if you got something that was amended. they're doing that on purpose. they don't want to sort of rock the boat. they don't want to give any sort of sense of yay or nay to house republicans to give anybody an excuse, basically. so they're being very, very quiet. but knowing the temperature over there, the fact that they feel pretty good about the fact that they passed this with not just a few republicans, two, three, four, but with 40 out of 45 republicans, 80, excuse me, 90% of the republican caucus in the senate voted for this, they feel no compunction, i don't think, to feel the need to take this up if the house changes it. they really understand that the house republicans will take the blame. >> let's see what the house of representatives does in the next few hours. dana, thank
harry reid, the senate majority leader, just adjourned until noon tomorrow. so nothing would happen until noon tomorrow. but the senate, the democratic sources are saying that -- and they are being very quiet. they are not answering our obvious question, which is, what would you do if you got something that was amended. they're doing that on purpose. they don't want to sort of rock the boat. they don't want to give any sort of sense of yay or nay to house republicans to give anybody an excuse,...
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the only reason their taxes would have gone up is because president obama and harry reid were pushing to raise taxes. >> accept in the real world, the only reason their taxes would have gone up is because you would have voted to see their taxes going up. >> at the end of the day, i think we need to be solving these problems. and jacking >>> happening now. controversy and health crises that mark hillary clinton's final days as the secretary of state. we have new information about some critical presidential cabinet posts coming up. also, sources are telling me, telling cnn, i should say, when we might be hearing an announcement. and we'll have much more on a regular army, disturbing new details emerging about iran's intelligence service. >>> just out of the hospital, already working. the state department says hillary clinton dialed into a conference call today, and she could be back on the job, full-time, as early as next week, following a series of health crises that have overshadowed her final days as the secretary of state. kate is here. she's been taking a closer look at what lies a
the only reason their taxes would have gone up is because president obama and harry reid were pushing to raise taxes. >> accept in the real world, the only reason their taxes would have gone up is because you would have voted to see their taxes going up. >> at the end of the day, i think we need to be solving these problems. and jacking >>> happening now. controversy and health crises that mark hillary clinton's final days as the secretary of state. we have new information...